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MIAMI VICE (NBC, May 21, 9 p.m. EDT). The high-style cop show that defined TV noir for the '80s ends its five-year war on drugs with a two-hour finale. The ending is hush-hush, but the network says Crockett and Tubbs (Don Johnson and Philip Michael Thomas) will make their "last stand together...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Critics' Choice: May 22, 1989 | 5/22/1989 | See Source »

Here's the prediction: With its two toughest Ivy games out of the way, the Crimson will win its last four to cop its first title since...

Author: By Michael R. Grunwald, | Title: Home Isn't Always Where the Heart Is | 4/19/1989 | See Source »

...hang around airports. They have also trained friendly-looking dogs, like cairn terriers and cocker spaniels, to sniff out suspects by amiably sitting down beside them. In fact, it was a narcotics- sniffing dog that helped clip Andrew Sokolow's wings after he was detained - in Honolulu. The canine cop, Donker, found the drug courier's stash hidden in his trendy Louis Vuitton travel...

Author: /time Magazine | Title: Law: Judging A Book by Its Cover | 4/17/1989 | See Source »

Rizzo did much to earn his reputation. As a cop, he came under attack from the ACLU in the 1950s for stopping interracial couples on the street for questioning. Later, the Justice Department investigated his department for police brutality, and many Philadelphia cops were indicted...

Author: By Neil A. Cooper, | Title: Being Frank in Philly | 4/8/1989 | See Source »

When riots were breaking out in many big cities in the late 1960's, Rizzo, often referred to as "America's toughtest cop," was determined to prevent them in Philadelphia. He once told Stokely Carmichael to "choose [his] words carefully" when the revolutionary civil rights leader came to the city to give a speech. He threatened, "I'm tellin' you, Mr. Carmichael, if you cause a riot in this town, I'm going to personally tear you apart. It'll take four orthopedic surgeons a week to put you together...

Author: By Neil A. Cooper, | Title: Being Frank in Philly | 4/8/1989 | See Source »

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